2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 800 metres

Boys' 800 metres
at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates15, 16 and 18 July
Competitors37 from 29 nations
Winning time1:45.58
Medalists
gold medal Willy Tarbei   Kenya
silver medal Kipyegon Bett   Kenya
bronze medal Luis Fernando Pires   Brazil
2015 World Youth
Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 mboysgirls
200 mboysgirls
400 mboysgirls
800 mgirls
1500 mboysgirls
3000 mboysgirls
100 m hurdlesgirls
110 m hurdlesboys
400 m hurdlesboysgirls
2000 m
steeplechase		boysgirls
5000 m walkgirls
10,000 m walkboys
Field events
Long jumpboysgirls
Triple jumpboysgirls
High jumpboysgirls
Pole vaultboysgirls
Shot putboysgirls
Discus throwboysgirls
Javelin throwboysgirls
Hammer throwboysgirls
Combined events
Heptathlongirls
Decathlonboys

The boys' 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 15, 16 and 18 July 2015.[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best  Mohammed Aman (ETH) 1:43.37 Rieti, Italy 10 September 2011
Championship Record  Leonard Kirwa Kosencha (KEN) 1:44.08 Lille, France 9 July 2011
World Youth Leading  Willy Tarbei (KEN) 1:44.51 Nairobi, Kenya 17 June 2015

Results

Round 1

First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 5 Omer Amano  Ethiopia 1:50.31 Q
2 2 Willy Tarbei  Kenya 1:50.92 Q
3 2 Theuns Ehlers  South Africa 1:51.22 Q
4 3 Kipyegon Bett  Kenya 1:51.38 Q
5 4 Ben Greenwood  Great Britain 1:51.58 Q
6 3 Kazuyoshi Tamogami  Japan 1:51.89 Q
7 5 Iskander Jhinaoui  Tunisia 1:52.04 Q, PB
8 2 Godfrey Chama  Zambia 1:52.28 Q, SB
9 4 Andrea Romani  Italy 1:52.35 Q
10 4 Andrey Belokon  Russia 1:52.47 Q
11 4 Thierry-Orden Dagbetin  France 1:52.54 Q
12 4 Leon Clarke  Jamaica 1:52.64 q
13 2 Warsame Doley  Sweden 1:52.68 Q
14 4 Andrej Mitašík  Slovakia 1:52.70 q
15 3 Ryan Sánchez  Puerto Rico 1:52.92 Q
16 3 Tahar Lazaar  Algeria 1:53.03 Q
17 5 Cameron Cooper  United States 1:53.04 Q
18 5 Takuto Hanamura  Japan 1:53.17 Q
19 3 Luis Fernando Pires  Brazil 1:53.26 q
20 1 Pascal Kleyer  Germany 1:53.28 Q
21 1 Beant Singh  India 1:53.32 Q
22 5 Václav Staněk  Czech Republic 1:53.33 q
23 1 Achraf El-Maliky  Morocco 1:53.44 Q
24 1 Conor Dunne  United States 1:53.60 Q
25 2 Dean Ellenwood  Canada 1:53.70
26 4 Tilen Šimenko Lalič  Slovenia 1:53.98 PB
27 1 Eduardo Romero  Spain 1:54.37
28 4 Siro Piña  Spain 1:54.79
29 2 Athanásios Kalákos  Greece 1:54.88
30 3 Mohammed Al-Bzaznah  Iraq 1:55.13
31 5 Anass Mghar  Morocco 1:55.35
32 2 El-Hadi Hamid  Sudan 1:55.43
33 1 Marcell Kovács  Hungary 1:55.81
33 5 Richárd Süli  Hungary 1:55.81
35 5 Zinedine Selis  Costa Rica 1:56.18
36 3 Taylor Lyman  Canada 2:02.05
– 1 Temam Tura  Ethiopia DQ

Semifinal

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.[3]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 Kipyegon Bett  Kenya 1:47.11 Q
2 2 Willy Tarbei  Kenya 1:48.68 Q
3 1 Kazuyoshi Tamogami  Japan 1:50.31 Q, PB
4 3 Omer Amano  Ethiopia 1:50.56 Q
5 2 Luis Fernando Pires  Brazil 1:50.67 Q, PB
6 1 Leon Clarke  Jamaica 1:50.70 q, PB
7 3 Theuns Ehlers  South Africa 1:51.01 Q
8 1 Pascal Kleyer  Germany 1:51.41 q
9 3 Andrea Romani  Italy 1:51.54
10 3 Godfrey Chama  Zambia 1:51.56 SB
11 3 Conor Dunne  United States 1:51.63 PB
12 2 Achraf El-Maliky  Morocco 1:52.23
13 1 Warsame Doley  Sweden 1:52.34
14 1 Beant Singh  India 1:52.53
15 2 Iskander Jhinaoui  Tunisia 1:53.44
16 2 Thierry-Orden Dagbetin  France 1:54.47
17 2 Cameron Cooper  United States 1:54.71
18 3 Ryan Sánchez  Puerto Rico 1:57.02
19 1 Andrej Mitašík  Slovakia 1:57.09
20 2 Takuto Hanamura  Japan 1:57.69
21 1 Ben Greenwood  Great Britain 1:59.06
22 2 Tahar Lazaar  Algeria 2:00.31
23 3 Andrey Belokon  Russia 2:02.38
– 3 Václav Staněk  Czech Republic DNS

Final

[4]

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Willy Tarbei  Kenya 1:45.58
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kipyegon Bett  Kenya 1:45.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Luis Fernando Pires  Brazil 1:48.61 PB
4 Omer Amano  Ethiopia 1:49.11
5 Theuns Ehlers  South Africa 1:49.32 PB
6 Leon Clarke  Jamaica 1:51.71
7 Kazuyoshi Tamogami  Japan 1:52.58
8 Pascal Kleyer  Germany 1:55.92

References

  1. ^ "Timetable". World Athletics.
  2. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics. 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 16 July 2015.
  4. ^ "800 Metres Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 July 2015.
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